Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law
• 09. - Communication, journalism and related programs
• 09.01 - Communication and media studies

09.0102 - Mass communication/media studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. These programs include courses in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioural aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • mass communication
  • mass media
  • media communications
  • media studies

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • communication studies(09.0100)
  • educational media(13.0501)
  • film studies(50.0601)
  • multimedia art(50.0706)
  • visual communications(50.0401)